Articles tagged “oracle”

2021 is shaping up as a critical year for hospitality recovery and reinvention as countries around the world start to reopen to tourism. In this new report, Skift and Oracle Hospitality present the results of a 2021 global research study exploring business strategies, guest needs, and emerging technologies hotels will use to accelerate their recovery from travel downturn of 2020.

Technology is developing faster than many hotels’ ability to implement it, so some chains turn to tech specialists to stay up to date. Wyndham is tapping Oracle Hospitality for its full-service brands and Sabre for its select-service brands.

In this roundup, we highlight our coverage of Airbnb's financials released ahead of its initial public offering (we wrote eight articles!), the key takeaways from the inaugural Skit Aviation Forum, and a look at smarter destination marketing.

Oracle Hospitality's first acquisition under new top boss Alex Alt takes the hotel tech giant deeper into guest-facing interactions before guests arrive at a property, not just once they reach the front desk.

The Covid-19 crisis is creating an unprecedented challenge for the hotel industry. Despite the challenges, there's also a growing feeling of resolve emerging from executives, employees and stakeholders: what steps will those in the industry need to take to place it on the path to recovery?

The Covid-19 crisis is creating an unprecedented challenge for the hotel industry. Despite the challenges, there's also a growing feeling of resolve emerging from executives, employees and stakeholders: what steps will those in the industry need to take to place it on the path to recovery?

A desperate urge to help get the travel sector back on its feet could give some companies a singular purpose, spurring innovation despite the pandemic's hit to revenues.

Thanks to Covid-19, the hospitality sector now faces a steep uphill road to business recovery. In this video conversation from Skift’s recent online hospitality summit, we learn about some of the steps owners and operators are taking to get their properties ready to re-open safely.

For too long, Oracle Hospitality, a giant in the hotel tech space, has prioritized internal needs. Now it's changed its tune. It says it's making hotels the boss. The long overdue customer-first approach is laudable. But there's still work to do.

Oracle Hospitality's Alex Alt sees two gaps in his company's suite: distribution services and customer relationship management tools. Yet the opportunities with both are dynamic, not static, because of fast shifts in hotel company priorities and traveler behaviors. That will require Alt to be one very adaptable executive.